From 1b63a6e2d58f9239140a7eb92b040b7e1992ab9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Wed, 5 May 2021 14:12:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update about Copyright law when it comes to facts --- README.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ccb33539..6d145666 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -82,7 +82,17 @@ cartoons especially appreciated: All programs are written by Libre-SOC team members are LGPLv3+. However the specification and the CSV files came from their -respective Copyright holders (IBM, OpenPOWER Foundation, Microwatt) +respective Copyright holders (IBM, OpenPOWER Foundation, Microwatt). + +Bear in mind that the *facts* in a specification may not be copyrighted, +however the document (or source code) *containing* those facts can be and +is copyrightable. In this repository, the **facts** were extracted +(from Microwatt and from the OpenPOWER ISA Technical Specification). + +Therefore, you, likewise, may *also* extract the **facts** from this +source code, but for the actual source code itself you must respect the +terms and conditions of the LGPLv3+ License in which those facts happen +to be embedded. # Other Unit Tests -- 2.30.2